This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Sudden Death At School In Bristol 1860s
Dec 4 186? report from Bristol notes James Edwin Fish of Crooked Lane died suddenly after head injury from a football four weeks earlier. Cause listed as congestion of the brain. The piece also mentions Brazilian war issues, Paraguayan conflict, a wedding in South Christian Church, a stray skunk incident, and several real estate transfers in Bristol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edwin
Edward E. Fish
Crooked Lane
South Christian Church
William M. Bennett
Annie Gladding
James N. Gladding
I S Jones
Philipp B. Bourn
Augustus O. Bourn
Wilson’s Lane
John J. DeWolf
Eliza V Andrews
Hope and
State Streets
Charles Dew. Brownell
Henrietta K. Brownell
James Lawless
Hope Street
Union and
Pleasant Streets
Mary E. Holmes
Thomas O. Holmes
Gilbert R. Lawless
High Street
Church
Constitution Streets
Bristol Commercial Bank
William R. Taylor
Abby Louisa Williams
Fielding F. Williams
Bradford Streets
The
William E. Fales
Commercial Bank
Henry B. Noyes
S. Eliza Noyes
High
Union Streets